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The March 2008 issue features punk rocker Avril Lavigne. I don’t find her all that attractive and her photo spread is probably the weakest Maxim has had in quite sometime. Your thoughts? Is Avril Maxim worthy?

Avril Lavigne has posed topless for a US magazine.

The 22-year-old singer appears on the front cover of Blender's June edition with her arms above her head in just a pair of black jeans with only the headline 'Hell Yeah, I'm Hot!' protecting her modesty.

The photo spread inside, which appears under the tag line 'Wild Thing', shows Avril wearing a short leather skirt, fishnet stockings and an open leather jacket posing with a bottle of whisky and a cigar.

The pictures are adorned with the quotes: "I used to drink like a mother, but I'm more mature now."

And: "I'm very driven. I'm the kind of person who doesn't take no for an answer."

In another photograph, Avril - who is married to Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley - sits with her legs pulled up looking down demurely in a cream mac, patent black stilettos and stockings.

Avril's latest photo shoot could be interpreted as hypocritical, following her scathing remarks about Britney Spears using her sexuality to sell records.

The 'Girlfriend' singer said: "I'm more about a performance, she's more about entertainment and sex, being a sex symbol and trying to look like she's having sex."

Avril Lavigne has surprised herself by becoming an admirer of Britney Spears after realising how difficult it is to sing and dance at the same time.

Avril has stunned fans by dancing in the video for her new single, The Girlfriend, and has only just realised why Spears often mimed on stage.

She says, "I've had to work with a choreographer, but I'm actually quite athletic and I have good rhythm so it comes natural to me.

"It made me appreciate people like Britney Spears, as I realise how much work goes into that stuff. The whole thing where you sing and dance is so hard, so that's probably why she doesn't sing, right? ha ha!"

Avril has revealed she’s amused when she remembers how she behaved during her teenage years.

Avril adopted a punkish skater look and attitude when she released her first album at the age of 18 in contrast to the sweet and innocent image favoured by most female teenage pop stars.

She said in a recent interview with Arena magazine: “When I look back now all I can think is, ‘God, I was such a s**t’.”

“I was such a tomboy, running around, getting in fights, hanging out with guys. In all my interviews I would have my head down and moodily just grunt an answer.”

“I look back and laugh now as I realise how much I’ve grown up. But that was my style back then, that was me.”

Avril unveiled a new “grown-up” image in 2005 to pursue acting and modelling work but added that she still likes to act out occasionally: “I like to have a good time, jump on tables and wreck things once in a while. When I drink, I am the party.”